2017-02-13 General Committee Meeting Agenda

GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA   13 FEBRUARY 2017




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GENERAL COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                 13 FEBRUARY 2017

      Guiding principles

         1.     State-owned and managed national parks will continue to form the core of the protected area system,
                and will conserve representative and viable samples of all biogeographical regions of the state.

        2.      The selection and management of protected areas will be in accordance with accepted best practice
                standards and principles, including climate change resilience, landscape connectivity, and CAR
                principles (Comprehensiveness, Adequacy and Representativeness).

        3.      The protected area system will consist of a mosaic of protected area types to maximise biodiversity
                conservation through public and private participation.

        4.      Existing and new public protected areas will be managed to high standards of condition and function,
                recognising their significant contribution to conservation, climate change mitigation, tourism, health,
                recreation and economic outcomes for Queensland.

        5.      The majority of the protected area system will continue to be secured from conflicting land uses, such
                as resource extraction.

        6.      The values and management of a protected area, rather than its ownership, will determine its
                level of protection.

        7.      Respect is given to the rights, responsibilities, knowledge and aspirations of Indigenous people as
                custodians of their land and sea country and as skilled partners in management of the protected area
                system.

         8.     Private protected areas will be an increasingly important component of the protected area system
                and investment should be encouraged to recognise and support their contribution to the state’s
                conservation objectives.

         9.     Partnerships will be encouraged to contribute to the establishment and effective management
                of protected areas.

        10.     Due to factors such as the likely decrease in availability of land with desirable attributes and condition
                over time, early effort in achieving protected area targets will be more cost effective for both acquisition
                and management, and will be more likely to yield high conservation benefits.

        11,     Local governments will be encouraged, through the availability of appropriate protective mechanisms
                and support, to declare significant conservation reserves as private protected areas.

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